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MEMORIAL 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE 



UPON THE DEATH OF 



HON. ALCERNON B. ROBERTS. 



LATE A SENATOR FROM THE TWELFTH DISTRICT 



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HARRISBURG, PA.: 

HABRISBURG PUBLISHING CO.. STATE PRINTER. 
1909. 



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RESOLUTION. 



In the Senate, 
March 23, 1909. 
Resolved, (if the House of Representatives concur), That one thou- 
sand (1,000) copies of the proceedings of the Memorial services, held in 
honor of the late Honorable Algernon B. Roberts, be printed for the use 
of the Senate. 

HARMON M. KEPHART. 

Chief Clerk of the Senate. 
The foregoing resolution concurred in March 23, 1909. 

THOMAS H. GARVIN, 
Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Approved— The 24th day of March, A. D. 1909. 

EDWIN S. STUART. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE 



UPON THE DEATH OF 



HON. ALGERNON B. ROBERTS 



In the Senate, 
Monday, March 15, 1909. 

On motion of Senator Mcllhenny, the following resolution was twice 
read, considered and agreed to, viz: 

Resolved, That a committee of eight members of the Senate be ap- 
pointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the late Senator, 
Algernon B. Roberts, who died on January six, one thousand nine 
hundred and nine, and present such resolutions at a special meeting to 
be held on Tuesday, March sixteen, one thousand nine hundred and 
nine, at four o'clock post meridian. 



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MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESSES. 



In the Senate, 
Tuesday, March i6, 1909. 

Afternoon Session. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Senate was called to order at 
four o'clock post meridian, Mr. Sproul in the chair. 

PRAYER. 

Prayer was offered by Reverend J. Wesley Sullivan, 
Chaplain of the Senate, as follows : 

O, Lord, we come to praise Thee at this time for tlie great 
value of life and for the life that Thou dost give unto each 
one of us, for Thou art the creator and giver of all life ; and 
yet we realize that it is not all of life to live and yet of death 
to die, but beyond is the judgment and we must come unto 
Thy presence, we must render an account to Thee of our 
stewardship ; the time when friends cannot follow us or sup- 
port us, but when we must stand alone in Thy presence as 
the work and the creation of Thy hand. Thou dost admon- 
ish each one of us that we should set our house in order, that 
sooner or later we shall die and not live. We may at times 
realize our strength and we forget that we must die, but 
when we look upon the right hand and upon the left, we see 
loved ones, friends and companions leaving us and going 
down into the dark valley of the shadow of death and we are 
reminded that sooner or later this shah be our journey. Our 
desire is to-day that when this message shall come to us our 

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house be in order and we shall be ready to meet Thee and to 
have Thy benediction and blessing to rest upon us through- 
out the ages of eternity. 

VVe thank Thee for the memory of the dead, that as we 
journey with those we love, that when they come to leave us, 
we can see the lessons that their lives teach us, the right way. 
We thank Thee for this special life this afternoon that we 
come to recognize and remember. Help us to see in it all 
the good that it may be an inspiration to our lives, a com- 
fort to us in the hour of bereavement, especially this after- 
noon to those who are near and dear to this grand and noble 
life that has vanished from this sphere and has gone into the 
great eternity. Remember this afternoon those who bow 
beneath this great shadow, this bereaved woman who stands 
alone to-day as no other in the wide world with her sorrow. 
Remember this widow and pour into this heart of mourning 
this afternoon Thy oil of gladness and Thy comfort. Re- 
member the beloved children ; may the inheritance of such a 
beloved life as this noble father be an inspiration and com- 
fort to them. Be with these and all who bow down in 
mourning. Pardon all that Thou dost see amiss within us. 
We ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and our 
Redeemer. Amen. 

Mr. McILHENNY. Mr. President, I offer the follow- 
iig resolutions : 



RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas, Our fellow-Senator, Algernon Brooke Roberts, 
a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania, for the Twelfth Dis- 
trict, has, during the present session of the Senate, passed in- 
to eternal rest ; and 

Whereas, His public character and services demand prom- 
inent commemoration ; therefore be it 

Resolved, That the Senate of Pennsylvania records its 
sense of his integrity, prudence, fidelity, high ideals, ability 



HON. ALGERNON B. ROBERTS. 



and lofty character, and the great loss he is to this distin- 
guished body ; and 

Resolved, That we, the members of the Senate surviving 
desire to express our sympathy to his family and direct that a 
copy of these resolutions, properly attested, be communi- 
cated, with our respect, to his widow. 

FRANCIS S. McILHENNY, 
JOHN E. FOX, 
DANIEL P. GERBERICH, 
WEBSTER GRIM. 
THOMAS B. HARPER, 
JOHN W. CRAWFORD, 
A. E. SISSON, 
ERNEST L. TUSTIN. 

Committee. 



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ADDRKSSES. 

Mr. McILHENNY. Mr. President, The death of Sen- 
ator Roberts has been a great loss to me, and these services 
in his memory are but a sad substitute for his companionship 
and friendship. 

He and I knew each other many years. We studied law 
side by side in the same office, and when I joined him here 
we sat in adjoining seats in the Senate and lived together 
during its sessions. 

It was my happiness to enjoy his personal and political 
confidence, and I perhaps am able to speak more intimately 
than any other Senator of the pure and patriotic character 
that animated all his work. 

It may not be out of place, before I speak of his moral 
qualities, to briefly review a few facts of his life : 

Algernon Brooke Roberts was born on xA.ugust twelfth, 
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, at Pencoyd 
Farm, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His preliminary 
education was received at the Episcopal Academy, of Phila- 
delphia, from whence he entered Princeton University, grad- 
uating in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six. He 
then became a student of law in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, upon his graduation was admitted to the bar in one 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and for five years 
prior to his death was a member of the law' firm of Duane, 
Morris, Heckscher and Roberts, of the city of Philadelphia. 

Upon his admission to the bar he entered actively in Re- 
publican politics in Montgomery County. In one thousand 
nine hundred he was elected a commissioner of Lower Mer- 
ion township, and, in the same year. Presidential elector-at- 
large. In one thousand nine hundred and one he was ap- 
pointed Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, and in the following year was elect- 
ed president of Lower Merion township. In the same year 
he was elected to the Senate, and was re-elected in Novem- 
ber, one thousand nine hundred and six. He died in South- 
ern California on January sixth, one thousand nine hundred 



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and nine. As president of the board of commissioners he 
proved himself to 1)e an efficient administrator, and undei 
him that weahhy township enjoyed nearly a model govern- 
ment. It became the best paved township in the State and 
obtained an almost perfect sewerage system. This system 
was constructed at less than the estimated cost and by his 
efficient management has been able to greatly reduce the 
cost of operation. Capable and honest, his conduct of affairs 
in his township has left a high standard for his successors to 
maintain. 

Opposed to him in his county were many powerful inter- 
ests, and his leadership was only held by untiring energy and 
unusual political sagacity. 

In the Senate his career is well known to my hearers. He 
was the author of the Corrupt Practices Act and was the 
foremost authority upon the law of townships. In his con- 
duct in the Senate he was independent, and was never afraid 
to vote against his party upon important measures which he 
believed were not for the best interests of the State. 

Senator Roberts was no ordinary man. Born to inherited 
wealth and position, he might have enjoyed a life of ease and 
pleasure, yet he chose rather a career of labor and responsi- 
bility. He could have pleased himself only, yet he gave his 
time and strength to the service of his county and State. In- 
deed, we may well say that his unsparing energy put his life 
to the hazard for his conscience's sake, and his physical body 
has paid the forfeit. His high sense of duty as a citizen 
was — 

"The spur that the spirit clear doth raise 
To scorn delights and live laborious days." 

The service he rendered to the State was of the first order, 
because he possessed the happy union of a singularly high 
moral courage with a superior natural ability, cultivated by 
a thorough education. 

As the proverb says — ''There is a time to speak and a time 
to be silent." He was an eminently practical man who ob- 
served this wise maxim, and suffered trifles to pass that he 
might be effective in accomplishing larger things for the pub- 



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lie g-ood. Tliis pnl)Hc good was the lodestar which guided 
his eourse. I was in his contidence and I ne\er knew him to 
seek to serve any interest, except the interest of his constitu- 
ents and this Commonwealth. 

Always a gentleman, always high-minded and courageous, 
he upheld the best traditions of the Senate of Pennsylvania. 

His place will be tilled, but his memory will ever hold its 
seat in the affections of those of us wdio knew him. 

"Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie, 
But that which warmed it once can never die." 

He was endowed with what Cicero commends as the "boni 
Senatoris prudentia," the wisdom of a worthy Senator. He 
rendered to the State a worthy service, and he will be long 
remembered for his faithful attention to his duties, his accu- 
racy of knowledge of parliamentary law, his skill in debate 
and his high purpose to serve the people of this great Com- 
monwealth. 

Senator Roberts passed away still a young man, but his 
little span of life had been not untouched with sorrow and 
trial; the loss of two children and other loved ones, the de- 
pression of ill health w^ere his, yet his sorrow' was borne with 
undaimted spirit and in every gathering none showed so 
cheerful and gay a spirit as he. 
/^ "Aye, he has gone to that undiscovered country from 
whose bourne no traveler returns." A mysterious provi- 
dence furnishes no answer to our cpiestion why this useful 
life should have been cut down in its promise and youth. 
But the proverb and our experience tell us that "it matters 
not how long one lives, but how well." 

He lived well, he lived earnestly, he lived faithfully, and it 
is not for us mortals to dispute the Divine wisdom which has 
taken him to that eternal life beyond the river, where are 
gathered those who, thinking not of themselves, have fought 
the fight and kept the faith even unto death. y 

Mr. FOX. Mr. President, The loss of a friend is always 
accompanied by grief and pain, but when death robs us of 
one who has stood side by side with us, one with whom we 



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have been closely, warmly and affectionately associated, the 
loss seems to us to be almost irreparable. By the death of 
Senator Roberts this distinguished body, indeed, suffered a 
serious loss, for knowing him, we loved him. Friendship 
with him was delightful, fruitful and valuable. Some one 
has said, "The snows of yesterday hath vanished, yes, but in 
form only they are still present in life's bloom and beauty." 
And so the life of the deceased is permanent and endur- 
ing, for it touched into activity forces of good in others that 
will live on and continue forever. His life will live in the 
affections of those who knew the nobility of this man and the 
kindness of his heart. It will be an example to others to 
strive to walk in the pathway of truth and light. The angel 
of peace which men call death has commanded him away 
from us. We lament that he is gone. He won our applause 
by his love for justice. He had won our affections by his 
nature of nobleness. He was patriotic, for he often spoke of 
his willingness to pay the price of diligent and laborious at- 
tention to the conduct of public affairs, which means a sub- 
traction of labor and attention to one's private and personal 
interest for the freedom and dignity of American citizenship. 
?Ie was, indeed, devoted to his community, to his State and 
to his nation, and, sir, all of them with industry and honor. 
His virtues and abilities confidently eclipsed any faults and 
failures that may have been imputed to him. But, Mr. 
President, and my fellow-Senators, the permanent character- 
istic of his nature was his lo\'e for his fellow-men. And what 
trait is more beautiful ? That trait is superior to all others. 
The best part of a good man's life is the many little unre- 
n^embered acts of kindness done toward his fellow-men, and 
when the recording angel shall reveal the record of this life, 
whatever sins of omission and commission may there be 
found, it is to be believed that they will be condoned by his 
love for his fellow-man. This thought was most beautifully 
expressed in the poem entitled "Abou Ben Adhem." 

"Abou Ben Adhem — ^may his tribe increase! 

Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace 
And saw within the moonlight in his room 

Making it rich and like a lily in bloom. 



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An angel writing' in a book of gold; 

Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, 
And to the presence in the room he said, 

"What writest thou?" The vision raised its head. 
And with a look made of all sweet accord. 

Answered, 'The names of those who love the Lord.' 
'And is mine one?' said Abou. 'Nay, not so,' 

Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low. 
But cheerily still, and said, "I pray thee, then. 

Write me as one that loves his fellowmen.' 
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night 

It came again with a great wakening light. 
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed — 

And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!" 

Mr. SISSON. Mr. President, it is with a feeling of greai 
sadness that I join with you, brother-Senators, in paying 
tribute to the memory of our departed brother whose splend- 
id qualities of head and heart have been so deeply impressed 
upon the memory of each and all of us who have observed 
his distinguished career in the Senate, that they will there 
remain so long as life shall last. When memories of him are 
recalled by me, they are and always will be accompanied by 
a feeling that it was a privilege and a continual pleasure to 
have known and been associated with him. 

It is an occasion of sadness, of profound sorrow, augment- 
ed by the added consideration that his life, an example of 
fidelity, courage and usefulness, was cut short at a period 
when his greatest activity and usefulness as a citizen were 
just blossoming into most promising being, and "when upon 
his highway of life the shadows still were falling to the west. 

His active, ready and well-trained mind made him a most 
valuable member of this bo4y, and it turned and held to the 
right as naturally as the needle to the pole. He was fearless 
in advocating, at all times, that which he believed to be right, 
and unhesitating in his opposition to that which he thought 
to be wrong. 

He served in the Senate for four sessions, including the 
extra session of one th.ousand nine hundred and six, and he 
has so impressed his personality and genius upon many im- 
portant statutes, of which he was either the author or advo- 



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cate, during- that time, that the effect of what he did wih here 
remain as long as the Commonwealth shall endure. 

Too high tribute to his integrity and unswerving honesty 
cannot be paid. 

His path of duty knew no devious ways. He followed it 
as it stretched out before him, turning neither to the right 
nor to the left, but pressing ever onward toward the goal of 
honor. 

His lovable disposition, splendid social qualities, high or- 
der of intelligence, and purity of thought made his presence 
on any and every occasion profitable, much sought for. and 
greatly enioyed by his brother-Senators, and by all who knew 
and came in contact with him. 

He seems to have followed Bryant's suggestion, and so 
lived that when his summons came "to join the innumerable 
caravan, which moves to that mysterious realm, where each 
shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death," that "sus- 
tained and soothed by an unfaltering trust," he approached 
his grave "like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about 
him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." 

Mr. President, I second the resolutions. 

Mr. GRIM. Mr. President, We stand to-day beside the 
open grave. With bared head and wounded spirit we look 
for the last time upon all that is mortal of the friend we loved. 
He is not here. His soul has escaped, by what means we 
know not, through the starry threshold of the Court of 
Heaven, and there, far above the noise and stir of this 
dim spot which men call earth, it rests in peace. Though 
deep grief at his parting fills our hearts, we face the in- 
evitable truth that tears cannot alter the immutable laws of 
Providence. We restrain our tears and turn our thoughts 
to his life and career. 

The graves of those we love ! What a place for medita- 
tion ! How it recalls to us the strong ties there severed ! A 
thousand memories come crowding in upon us, all scenes 
in which the departed participated. Thank Heaven for 
blessed memories ! Life would be drear without them. Thev 



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are the lighthouses of our existence, ilkiiiiiiialing- the dark- 
places of life and dispelling the coldness of our natures. 

Fellow-Senators, It was my good fortune to be ui)on 
more intimate terms of friendship with Senator Roberts than 
he was with almost any other member of the present Senate, 
and the recollection of our association will be kept green in 
my memory as long as life shall last. Time and again have 
we spent the hours together in that congeniality where hearts 
beat as one, and I learned to know him well. Coming as we 
did from the same Congressional district with many interests 
in common, and serving with him upon the joint Fish Com- 
mission, we were interested alike in legislation and many 
conferences were held between us. 

It is not my purpose to speak to you of his ability and 
faithfulness as a legislator, nor even his lovable traits of 
character as a man that made him a leader among men. 
All these are known to every Senator who served with him 
in this body. But although his record is written, I may be 
pardoned in saying that it is my purpose as w-ell as my 
privilege to again place upon the pages of our record the 
fact that he was an intelligent and conscientious public ser- 
vant, faithful to duty as he saw it, and ready and willing at all 
times to aid in good legislation. He was courageous to a 
fault. He alone of the whole Senate had the courage to 
speak and vote against the soldiers" pension bill. His cour- 
age was again well-shown in passing the salary bill and in 
voting against two-cent mileage, and in a number of other 
measures he showed his independence of the party to which 
he always owed allegiance. 

Although one of the youngest members of the Senate, he 
soon became one of the most prominent ones, and had he 
not been cut of¥ too early in his career, he would have risen 
to become its presiding officer. 

Some men become great because they are lifted up by 
others, but true merit and greatness lies in what we ourselves 
have done, and this only will endure. Our friend had just 
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name has become indissolubly linked with legislative meas- 
ures that shall endure better than marble or brass. 

The courage and perseverance displayed in his duties in 
the Senate was well-shown in his determined fight against a 
disease that must necessarily have sapped his vitality and in- 
terfered with his best endeavors. With the knowledge of this 
gallant fight for life must go our added sympathy for his 
untimely death. But the result was inevitable. In his best 
estate man is a helpless creature, for well has the poet ex- 
pressed it — 

'"Tis the wink of an eye; 'tis the draught of a breath, 
From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, 
From the gilded salon to the bier and the shroud, 
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" 

We are all alike in death. No matter what position in life 
we may have occupied ; no matter to what age we may have 
attained ; no matter at what altar we may have bowed in 
in reverence, deatii makes all things even, and it is well that 
it is so. 

Some one has said that the world is not a place to live 
in, but to die in. That there is not a spot on the broad 
earth on which man can plant his foot and affirm with con- 
fidence "No mortal sleeps beneath." I cannot agree with 
this statement. I believe that this life was created to live 
in, to be enjoyed, and as a preparation for the world to 
come. I believe that our brother had the right concep- 
tion of life, and he made the most of his opportunity. It is 
for us to emulate his virtues. Let us, then, so live that when 
the summons comes to us to join that mysterious caravan 
that moves to the pale realms of shade where each shall take 
his chamber in the silent halls of death. 

"Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night scourged to 
his dungeon, but sustained and soothed by an unfaltering 
trust, approach thy grave, like one who wraps the drapery 
of his couch about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." 

Let us draw from the examples of the dead, lessons of 
eternal fidelity to the living, and in this light, well can we 
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say that our brother has not lived and died in vain, for 
from his Hfe and career, can l)e drawn many laudable things 
which we would do well to emulate. As a rule, most men 
born with the golden spoon contribute little to the sum 
total of human happiness. Not so with our brother, and 
thousands there are to-day who can testify to his demo- 
cratic simplicity and his great interest in and love for his 
fellow-man. The world was better for his having lived and 
many there are who will miss him for many years to come. 

"Sunset and evening star, 

And one clear can for me! 

And may there be no moaning of the bar 

When I put out to sea. 

But such a tide as moving- seems asleep, 

Too full for sound and foam. 

When that which drew from out the boundless deep 

Turns again home. 

Twilight and evening bell, 

And after that the dark! 

And may there be no sadness of farewell 

When I embark. 

For the' from out our bourne of time and place 

The flood may bear me far, 

I hope to see my pilot face to face. 

When I have crossed the bar." 

Mr. President, I second the resolutions. 

The PRESIDENT (Mr. Sproul). I cannot let this occa- 
sion go by, considering the intimacy of my own association 
with Senator Roberts, without saying something to his mem- 
ory, and I know nothing more fitting than to repeat, or at 
least read, his own favorite poem, and I recall one night 
when a little coterie, which used to meet after the sessions 
of the Senate in a room at the Harrisburg Club, where so 
many things had been discussed, had all dwindled away ex- 
cept Senator Roberts and myself. We talked about various 
matters, and he finally drew from his pocketbook the poem, 
to which Senator Grim alluded, the poem written by that 
other Scotchman, William Knox, and which was the favorite 
of Lincoln, as well as Senator Roberts. He drew this from 
his purse and read it to me, and if I may transgress I would 



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like to read Senator Roberts' favorite poem on this occasion. 
And, if I may say, too, that his father, being stricken in youth 
and a man who had all that wealth and all that education 
and culture and all that social position and ability could give 
him, taken away in the prime of his life, in the full tide of his 
usefulness, the words of this poem are brought back to me 
more forcibly, perhaps, than ever before in my life. Not 
long ago, seeing this I cut it out and put it in my own 
pocket to read and think over. I am glad I have it on this 
occasion : 

MORTALITY. 

"Oh! wjiy should the spirit of mortal be proud? 
Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, 
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, 
Man passeth from life to his rest in the grave. 

The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, 
Be scattered around, and together be laid; 
And the young and the old, and the low and the high 
Shall molder to dust and together shall lie. 

The infant a mother attended and loved; 
The mother that infant's affection who proved; 
The husband that mother and infant who blessed, — 
Each, all, are away to their dwellings of rest. 

The maid on whose cheek, on whose brow, in whose eye, 
Shone beauty and pleasure, — her triumphs are by; 
And the memory of those who loved her and praised 
Are alike from the minds of the living erased. 

The hand of the king that the sceptre hath borne; 
The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn; 
The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave, 
Are hidden and lost in the depth of the grave. 

The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap; 
The herdsman who climbed with his goats up the steep; 
The beggar who wandered in search of his bread, 
Have faded away like the grass that we tread. 

The saint who enjoyed the coinmunion of heaven; 
The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven; 
The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just. 
Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. 

So the multitude goes, like the flowers or the weed 
That withers away to let others succeed; 
So the multitude comes, even those we behold, 
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For we are the same our fathers have been; 
We see the same sights our fathers have seen; 
We drink the same stream, and view che same sun, 
And run the same course our fathers have run. 

The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would think; 
From the death we are shrinking our fathers would shrink; 
To the life we are clinging they also would cling; 
But it speeds for us all, like a bird on the wing. 

They loved, but the story we cannot unfold; 
They scorned, but the heart of the haughty is cold; 
They grieved, but no wail from their slumbers will come; 
They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is dumb. 

They died, aye! they died; and we things that are now, 

Who walk on the turf that lies over their brow. 

Who make in their dwelling a transient abode. 

Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimage road. 

Yeal hope and despondency, pleasure and pain. 
We mingle together in sunshine and rain; 
And the smiles and the tears, the song and the dirge. 
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 

'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath. 
From the blossom of health to the paleness of death. 
Prom the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — 
Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" 



The question being, 

Will the Senate agree to the resolutions? 
The PRESIDENT. The Clerk will proceed to call the 
roll. 

The roll was called by the Clerk as follows : 

YEAS. 

Messrs. Baldwin, Campbell, Catlin, Crawford, Crow, De- 
walt, Dimeling, Durham, Fox, Gerberich, Grim, Harper, 
Hays, Herbst, Homsher, James, Jamison, Keyser. Kline, 
Klinedinst, Kurtz, Langfitt, Manbeck, Martin, McConnell, 
Mcllhenny, McNichol, Miller (Northampton), Miller 
(Bedford), Murphy, Riley, Rodgers, Rowland, Shields, 
Sisson, Snyder, Sproul, Templeton, Thomson. Tustin, Vare, 
Walton, Weingartner, WertZ; Wilbert and Wolf. 



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ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. 

Messrs. Blewitt, Cochran, Hall and Hillings. 

The PRESIDENT. The resolutions are unanimously 
adopted and will be recorded on the Journal of the Senate. 

ADJOURNMENT. 

Mr. TUSTIN. Mr. President, I move that the Senate 
do now adjourn. 

Mr. HERBST. Mr. President, I second the motion. 

The question being, 

Will the Senate agree to the motion ? 

It was agreed to. 

\ Whereupon, 

At four-forty o'clock post meridian, the Senate adjourned 
to meet on Wednesday, March seventeen, one thousand nine 
hundred and nine, at ten o'clock ante meridian. 



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